Tonight, CBS aired the final episode of Medium. After seven seasons and 130 episodes, it was time to say goodbye to Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette), her husband Joe (Jake Weber), their children and friends. The series finale of Medium is called “Me Without You.”
As the episode begins, we see Allison having an evening phone conversation with Joe who’s at the start of a flight home from Hawaii. Later, Allison is awoken by another call from Joe. His flight is arriving early and then it hits turbulence, and crashes into the ocean. The episode flashes forward seven years and we learn that Joe indeed died. Allison is now a lawyer involved in a big drug case. Her boss, the district attorney, is killed by the leader of a drug cartel who’s on trial. Manuel Devalos (Miguel Sandoval) is the mayor and Lee Scanlon (David Cubitt) is the chief of detectives.
Allison begins to dream about Joe and realizes that he’s actually been alive in Mexico with amnesia. The drug lord has been using him to transport narcotics across the border. She ultimately decides to throw the case so that she can reunite with her husband. She and daughter Marie drive to Mexico and she is reunited with him, finally.
Unfortunately, it’s a dream. She awakes back in the present and Joe is there, as a ghost. He did die in the crash and he tried to send a message to Allison about how good her life will still be, even without him. Unfortunately, her mind couldn’t accept it and concocted a way for him to still be alive. Joe tells her how much he loves her and that the loss will hurt for a long time but it will get better. Though she pleads for him to stay, he needs to go.
The scene flashes forward to 41 years later. We see a very old Allison, surrounded by photos of her children and grandchildren. She dies peacefully. Allison appears as her younger self and looks at her now dead body. Joe appears to her, just as he had been. He waited, of course. She asks, “Do I get a kiss?” He replies, “From now, until the end of time.” The two embrace and kiss. They are together, forever more.
The episode ends with brief scenes from the show’s seven year history and each castmember silently saying goodbye to the camera and faithful viewers.
What do you think? Was this a satisfying conclusion to Medium? What did you like or dislike about it?
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It was a great and very emotional ending. I am really going to miss this show. All of the cast does a really fine job of acting. The family setting is very realistic and Mediums do exist. Thanks to all for these years of entertainment. TJ
I have been watching Medium since the beginning and loved it! I didn’t want it to end. Why has it ended? The last show was ok.
i thought it was okay…i really like the show and wish it had not ended. i am glad that the real dubois family from phoenix are alive and well!
I really liked the first 5 seasons but thought the show was getting a liitle bizarre . It seemed the writers didn’t know what to do anymore.
The ending was OK and everyone seemed content-yes, there was closure.
I just want to have the show back will miss viewing it terribly it was a constant for me
I am just sick the show has ended! It is one of the few shows I have faithfully watched for years. I hated to see Allison without Joe for all those years. Loved the wrap up at the end-nice closure.
Oh wow that was sad 🙁
I don’t know how I feel about the ending. It was just so sad. Joe was one of my favorite TV characters and I had always hoped he’d grow old and lead his children to greatness, but to have him die like that was just painful.
Sigh.
Loved the show….Hated the final one. After all the horrible things that family had to deal with, why couldn’t they go out having fun for a change?
I agree with Maureen. I am going to miss this show tremendously. I thought it ended bittersweetly but wish that Joe had not been killed off leaving a faint hope of some type of revisit.
It continues to amaze me how mindless drivel can stay on the air and shows that actually require a little understanding and thought get cancelled. It was a good run. I thought the cast and production staff were outstanding and wish it had not ended.
Allison, Joe and their wonderful daughters have been the best TV family ever! (I am 60)
I will miss their characters very much. I will look forward to seeing all the cast members in future endeavors. I wish everyone very well.
I would have enjoyed the series finale much more if it had played out naturally over 41 years or so, with frequent visitations by Joe. The family stories were my favorite part of the show.
To all the actors: job well done!
Bring it back! IT WOULD BE EASY SHE COULD WAKE UP AND HAVE DREAMED THE WHOLE THING
Final reason to watch CBS….
So sad the series is over. Loved this show! The ending was sad, but satisfying since we all got to say goodbye to the characters. I wish it wasn’t cancelled!
I have been a Medium fan since the start. I hadn’t heard that the show was cancelled, so the ending was a complete surprise to me. I will miss the show. I loved the ending.
What a shame, I did not see this coming… First Ghost Whisperer now Medium…. what next House? This was a good show and had a lot of potential… shame, shame